Indeed. Also, I just realised my phrasing was a bit misleading at one point, so I need to clarify - Johanna, Catherine‘s mother, had several brothers, not just one. The one Ulrike was married to, the King of Sweden, was NOT the groper, that was an unmarried younger brother who was still around in the German states to visit his niece and „romance“ her. Just to make this crystal clear. Btw, as a reminder, Ulrike‘s husband was voted into his job (as crown prince, then King) because the previous Swedish royal dynasty, the Vasas, had ended with Queen Christina converting to Catholicism and calling it quits. Which is how the German Holstein bunch ended up on the Swedish throne until Napoleon, when Gustav‘s scheming younger brother in his old age adopted, or was made to adopt, Napoleonic marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. (Current Swedish royalty are still the Bernadottes.)
One reason why even Royalist Lehndorff thinks Ulrike and her husband should not habve attempted that coup thing is that they literally owe their crown to a vote by Swedish parliament.
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Re: No Pity for the Wives readthrough - Mina
Date: 2020-09-15 05:38 am (UTC)One reason why even Royalist Lehndorff thinks Ulrike and her husband should not habve attempted that coup thing is that they literally owe their crown to a vote by Swedish parliament.